construction management

Nunez Community College received a $1 million donation from the Lowe’s Foundation to expand technical training programs in electrical, construction, and HVAC fields. The funds will support new training spaces, equipment, and capacity increases at its main campus and a temporary site in Plaquemines Parish. Louisiana’s investment in community colleges aligns with Governor Jeff Landry’s focus on workforce training.

Rudus, an AI-powered takeoff and estimation platform for concrete subcontractors, automates manual workflows by identifying concrete structures and generating detailed line items. Founders Rishi and Sahil highlight the industry's outdated 20-year estimation process, where estimators manually trace PDFs and build spreadsheets, causing delays and limiting bid capacity. Rudus integrates into existing workflows using computer vision to process structural PDFs, expanding assemblies into priced line items while allowing estimator overrides.